Blog Category: Inspiration

“Give me all your money,” he says. My heart starts racing. I’ll puke soon. I’ve never been physically robbed. But I’ve had another kind of gun to my head… I think we all have. I’ll give an example: It’s Friday afternoon. Your boss or someone who has some power over you calls. He leaves a […]

I had to mention that he was Chris Rock’s brother. I would’ve felt weird if I didn’t. But Chris Rock is not Tony Rock’s mentor. In fact, they rarely talk about stand up together. Tony always wanted to be a comedian. From the moment he listened to Richard Pryor, George Carlin and Bill Cosby, he […]

Episode 341: Anniversary Episode Anders K. Ericsson discovered the “10,000” hour rule. I had him on my podcast in 2016 to talk about peak performance. (One of my favorite topics.) He broke down the steps everyone needs to know to learn and MASTER a skill. I still use what I learned from Anders everyday. So […]

Episode 305: The Pursuit… Sacrificing Everything You Know for What You Really Love It’s weird. Normally, the people I interview on this podcast are at the end of their career. Bill is just starting. He spent years in law school. And then made up his mind (after a day of fasting) that he’s going to […]

Every woman I’ve ever had a relationship with has been healthier than me. And they’re always lecturing me. Even my 15 year old daughter. So I invited Aaron Carroll, pediatrician and the author of “The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully” on the podcast. I wanted to throw out every argument ever […]

Paul isn’t much older than I am. But I feel like I’ve been watching him on TV and in movies since I was born. We laughed about that. Paul’s been doing stand up since he was 17 years old. Paul remembers watching the comics when he was little. It spoke to him on a different […]

“If you were on the outside looking in you’d probably think, ‘This guy’s got a really good life.’ And on paper I did, but on the inside I felt like I was dying. I was depressed. I was unenthusiastic about my life because I knew I was in a career that was ill suited to […]